I installed texlive 2016 on my ubuntu 16.04 and everything works fine. Now when I try to install an editor (like kile, texmaker, texstudio, etc.) through apt-get install I'm forced to install texlive packages from ubuntu, as if I didn't have texlive already... How can I manage to just install a tex editor without installing texlive ?
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As jon suggested, you can create a texlive dummy package using equivs and install it. That would satisfy the dependency requirements for any package that needs texlive*.
As I see texstudio does not have a dependency on texlive. So, to prevent apt from pulling in the extra packages, you can try installing it thus:
apt-get --no-install-recommends install texstudio
Edit: Following crocefisso's observation, including install in the command.
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I don't remember how I did it (months ago), but it definitely can be done. On Ubuntu 16.04 I have TeXLive 2016 in my home folder, obtained directly from TeXLive, not the Ubuntu distro. And, I have TeXworks, via the Ubuntu distro. As I recall, it required some trickery. So have faith, OP, and follow the instructions given in the answers.– user103221Feb 26, 2017 at 3:03
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@mas Thanks, it worked like a charm! It also works with texmaker and the other editors. You forgot
installin your line :sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends <package>Feb 26, 2017 at 10:30 -
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Apthas anequivspackage, which you can use to circumvent the Debian/Ubuntu package dependencies. See Integrating vanilla TeX Live with Debian (scroll down to that heading).texlivepackage. To download and install all of texlive you'd doapt-get install texlive-fullinstall-tl-unx.tar.gz, then I didsudo apt-get install perl-tk, then./install-tl -gui=perltk. If I need to install additional packages I usetlmgr -gui.